Last updated 19 Nov 97
JOBDIF uses information supplied by the user to create a VARGEN runstream which computes a job difficulty index. The equations generated by this program are based on an analysis of 16 Air Force specialties during the early 1970's.
Program Invocation
The specific syntax for program invocation varies between operating systems. This document diplays the code for the AIX version.
opt: Program options (none currently supported) ssss: The study number CD1: Input Case Data file VT1: Input Variable Titles file CD1: Output Case Data file VT2: Output Variable Title file (optional)
JOBDIF Card
JOBDIF: cc 01-06 The literal 'JOBDIF' study: cc 08-11 The study number title: cc 13-72 Title for the output Case Data file
ATDPUT Card
ATDPUT: cc 01-06 The literal 'ATDPUT' =: cc 07 The literal '=' var: cc 08-12 The input ATDPUTS variable ID title: cc 13-80 The title for the output job difficulty index variable. Default = 'Job Difficulty Index'.
MSD Card
MSD: cc 01-03 The literal 'MSD' m1: cc 05-14 The mean for the number of task responses sd1: cc 16-25 The standard deviation for the number of task responses m2: cc 27-36 The mean for the number of task responses squared sd2: cc 38-47 The standard deviation for the number of task responses squared m3: cc 49-58 The mean for the ATDPUTS variable sd3: cc 60-69 The standard deviation for the ATDPUTS variable
WGT Card (optional)
WGT: cc 01-03 The literal 'WGT' wt1: cc 05-14 Weight for the number of task responses (default = 1.42366) wt2: cc 16-25 Weight for the number of task responses squared (default = -.81392) wt3: cc 27-36 Weight for the ATDPUTS variable (default = 0.38343) sdc: cc 38-47 Standard deviation of the criterion (default= 5.4816)
@codap jobdif - ssss cd101 vt101 cd102 JOBDIF ssss Case Data file title ATDPUT=C0091 MSD 123.2555 14.33 73412.1234 123.123
This example generates a VARGEN runstream which will create a new computed variable (Job Difficulty Index) using C0091 as the input ATDPUTS variable.